cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/[email protected]/p/1817064/germany-tightens-sick-leave-rules-medical-doctor-note-required-from-day-one-telephone-s
Germany’s Chancellor Merz:
We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies.
We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness.
We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.
The employer never gets to see the diagnosis and is also forbidden from directly asking the employee. That won’t change in this reform either.
But the workload for doctors will skyrocket if employees with a common cold cannot simply call off from work without going to the doctor.
(Not to mention the fact that the doctor will then declare you sick for a week instead of people staying home for just 1-2 days)
Oh yeah! If the doc says one or two days (it’s a cold), but it lingers a bit, that person gets to come back to the doc on day 3. A smart doc will just write it for a week and tell you to rest up good.